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Kryptonite Ring
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })In an optimistic setting, this device is from a character who is aware of their Kryptonite Factor and puts the means to stop them in the hands of another (usually, in case they're brainwashed or go evil somehow). This usually implies a bond of trust since the receiver often has mixed feelings about the idea and the giver has to insist. This is also a show of good faith to a skeptic so he will allow the hero to operate in a legal grey area. This trope is named after the ring Superman gave Batman in case he ever got out of control. Compare Betrayal Insurance where the "stopping" character came up with it on their own; exactly how extensive this planning comes off can seriously affect the relationship depending on how betrayed the other feels. |
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Pre-Crisis, Superman's heat vision could melt kryptonite, rendering it useless somehow. This usually worked only on small pieces, though; in one instance a large meteor of the stuff fell next to him and incapacitated him before he could melt it. | |
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Subverted in Pre-Crisis story World's Finest #176 in which Batman appears to have Kryptonite gloves, but in reality they are fake. Curiously, before he reveals that they are props, no one -not even Supergirl- questions why he has something that can kill his best buddy. | |
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The video game Injustice: Gods Among Us takes this a step further; In Superman's ending, it's revealed that the Regime-Superman's ease at conquering the world only made him even more terrified of what could happen if he ever lost control of himself. He makes sure this doesn't happen by having a Kryptonite bomb implanted by his heart, which will instantly kill him should this happen. The other members of the Justice League all take turns carrying the detonator for it. Except for Batman, who was denied a shift. | |
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To a lesser extent, the Shazam! Captain Marvel is employed occasionally as the one superhero tough enough to take on a controlled Superman if necessary. Or rather, he's tough enough to stall Supes in a fistfight long enough to call his magical lightning enough times to knock out his Kryptonian foenote Most forms of magic are able to bypass Superman's Nigh-Invulnerability and damage him just like a de-powered kryptonian. As for how the Kryptonite Ring trope comes into play: Superman isn't going to tell just anyone this fun little fact, but he can usually trust the goody-two-shoes Captain marvel. Altough, at least in one occasion, it was Captain Marvel the brainwashed one, not Superman. | |
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This specific dynamic, Batman holding Kryptonite, appears again and again, especially in the DC Animated Universe. During the height of the Cadmus story in Justice League, Batman asks Superman what could stop the latter from taking over the world, if he so desired. Supes quips, "There's always that Kryptonite you carry around." Which makes Batman snap at him for being so flippant about so serious a topic. | |
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Superman/Batman A story combines the idealistic and cynical versions: after a long-term mission to destroy all the kryptonite on Earth, Superman saves one piece, which he gives to Batman for emergencies. Batman takes it to a lead-lined room in the deepest area of the Batcave... which is already filled with multiple kinds of kryptonite! In The Supergirl from Krypton Batman uses a chunk of Green-K to knock Kara out and bring her to the Batcave. Later, Superman of all people uses a kryptonite ring to knock a brainwashed Kara out. |
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In Wolverine: Origins Wolverine gives Cyclops his magical sword, which is capable of slicing through his adamantium skeleton and negating his healing abilities, in case he gets captured and brainwashed. Of course his son gains it later. Though at least Wolverine was able to use it to kill Sabertooth first (not that that stuck even a whole year). | |
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The New 52 version is idealistic and reciprocal, as Batman includes himself in the countermeasures list, trusting Superman to stop him if necessary. | |
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In Elseworld's Finest: Supergirl & Batgirl, Lex Luthor has a Kryptonite ring that he plans to use against Supergirl... until Batgirl steals it from him and takes it to a lead-lined vault, saying "I see it as insurance... which I hope I never need to use." | |
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X-Men: Professor Xavier also had the "Xavier Protocols", a set of plans on how to stop the X-Men. Xavier himself is the subject of the first entry, which includes blueprints for a telepathy-blocking battlesuit. However, these have rarely been mentioned since they were first introduced. In Wolverine: Origins Wolverine gives Cyclops his magical sword, which is capable of slicing through his adamantium skeleton and negating his healing abilities, in case he gets captured and brainwashed. Of course his son gains it later. Though at least Wolverine was able to use it to kill Sabertooth first (not that that stuck even a whole year). |
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Referenced in Kingdom Come, but it's noted that Superman has grown more and more powerful as he's aged and absorbed more solar energy, and Kryptonite doesn't really work on him anymore. | |
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Infinite Crisis subverts this when Batman tries to use his Kryptonite ring on Superman of Earth-Two, which has no effect, as explained in explication. | |
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From the Legion of Super-Heroes example above: General Zod's son, Drax, stole Brainiac 5's kryptonite and tries to use it on Supes, but Superman kicked him through a conveniently placed Phantom Zone portal, before he could even open the lead container. | |
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In War World, the Martians prepared a cluster of miniature missiles armed with Kryptonite in case that Superman tried to seize the device that controls the eponymous super-weapon and they were tasked with guarding. | |
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This is also inverted by the end of The Batman: Batman gives each member weapons that simulate each Justice League member's weaknesses because aliens have invaded and copied their powers. They call him out on being so paranoid, until Superman steps forwards and cites the time he was mind controlled in a previous episode. | |
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